Jordan Clarkson seemed to unlock something with his 45-point performance against the Sacramento Kings late in the regular season. As the Utah Jazz taken on the Dallas Mavericks, they'll need more midrange success from him.
. This story is part of a collaboration between SCH and The Tribune that seeks to create more dialogue and community for Utah Jazz fans.This was during last year’s playoffs. Clarkson was talking to then-teammate Joe Ingles, who had just surprised him with the news that Clarkson had won the first Sixth Man of the Year award in Utah Jazz history.
That meant a struggling Clarkson would need to handle a larger role in the team’s bench creation without Ingles. Yet, Clarkson maintained that he wasn’t worried about his early struggles,He went to the All-Star break with 52.2% true shooting for the season, but he talked as though a breakthrough would come at any moment.
That game — and in particular Clarkson’s success below the free-throw line — seemed to change things. Up until that night, Clarkson had taken only 27% of his attempts in the short midrange, an area where he makes an elite 52% for the season. From March 12 on, he took 37% in the floater range. From a statistical perspective, the short midrange isn’t the most analytically-friendly zone, and even Clarkson’s relatively great 52% renders only yields 1.04 points per shot, which is well under the league-average 1.13 mark for points per possession.
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